Teleworking destroys potentials for collaboration! More and more individuals are working from home. However, with the increase in telecommunication, the potentials for both planned and unplanned collaboration are less likely to occur. Yet, before forcing o return back to the office it was understand the benefits of working from home. Besides the obvious comfort-ability factor, it was pertinent to understand that many individuals enjoy working from home because of the diversity of lifestyles. Hence, the questions became: How can I decrease the necessity for the use of teleworking and more relative to the WeWork motto, how to get these individuals of various lifestyles to interact? Through both quantitative and qualitative research from observation of the way students "work' at Georgia Tech, a method common to WeWork, the office "home" became a voluble solution.
Part 1 : intro
50% of the US workforce holds job that is compaitble with at least partial telenetwork
20%-25% of the workforce teleworks at some frequency
80%-90% of the US workforce says they would like to telwork
Illustration of various work environments.
PART 2: THE RESEARCH
Using the personalities of the five distinct subjects, I realized that not only did they share the idea that they work in different environments but they also enjoy that particular space because of its respite attributes during study breaks. Each space equally created a work/recharge environment.
Five personality types and their persona illustrations
The House
Left: House definition
Right: Sketch of the three sectional homes created
How does the house work?
The above is a abstration of the performance of the house.
First, shows the current network of collaboration within a single existing company. This method sometimes creates forced collaboration and may not always be effective.
Second, demonstrates that if you take a select group of people from an existing network or office in this case, to rest they will meet others from outside offices. Collborating with persons that they may not normally encounter they obtain new ideas that they can return to their home office.
Final, shows that if you take that if you take persons from multiple offices, allow them to rest ( as stated before) based on specific characteristics, they will have a higher rate of coming up with innovative ideas that they can return to the office.
Part 2: The Project
House 1: Neutral House
Left: Explanation of design of each space
Right: Architectural plan of house
In the neutral house anyone may enter. There are a variety of places to withdraw including a space to read, dine, and for quiet meditation.
The AstroTurf green space was designed to feel like a sun-room, allowing workers to "step outside" on break.
house 2: International Home
Left: Explanation of design of each space
Right: Architectural plan of house
A space primarily for internationals to feel comfortable in the workplace. The space features an area to create native dishes and meet other internationals.
A space for individuals to connect abroad will allow workers connect with loved ones abroad based on a variety of time zones.
house 3: Women's Home
Left: Explanation of design of each space
Right: Architectural plan of house
When arriving into the women's house you are immediately greeted by a library with books that empower women.
The mother's space gives the ability for women to nurse in the workplace.
By using an irregular egg-like wall type, below shows the benefits of using such a nontraditional house plan.
NOW WITH THE "HOME!"
Section perspective of all three homes
Outside eating space designed to mimic a domestic patio.
HOUSE RULES:
1. Use strategic networks to allow people in contact in which they normally would not
2. Must be in a position in which it feels like it is retreat from the office
3. Allow for a variety of withdrawal space types
4. Walls must cause uplanned interactions
5. Create spaces based on persons to attend the house verus prototypical needs of conventional rest spaces
